More than 30% overweightCourt summonsOverloaded vans are a common issue in theUK. Research commissioned by VolkswagenCommercial Vehicles in 2015 revealed thatjust under 50% of van drivers, which equatesto around 1.2 million

Unladen weight & gross vehicle weightAs a van driver, you need to stay within the weight limits. When a van is empty but fuelled, its weight is called the ‘unladen weight’ or sometimes referred to as kerb weight. Your van also has something called the ‘gross vehicle weight (GVW)’ or ‘maximum authorised mass’ which can be found on your VIN plate. This is the maximum weight that a van is legally allowed to weigh when loaded. It includes: the van, the fuel, you and any passengers and anything else you’re carrying.

Calculating payloadTo work out how much you can load onto a van (payload) and be within the legal GVW limit you need to do a simple calculation. You subtract the van’s unladen weight from the van’s gross vehicle weight (GVW).
The figure you come to is the payload and is the total weight of what you can safely load into the van but remember this includes all passengers and their luggage. For example, if your vehicle is carrying three passengers weighing in at 12 stone each (76kg) this will use up 228kg before you even start adding any tools or cargo.

About

Low Loading vans built by professionals for professionals

Solid foundations from the start, Ron Harris spent over 25 years in the RCT Royal Corps of Transport, driving and maintaining a range of vehicles from small trucks to massive missile transporters travelling across every terrain in nearly every country where the delivery of supplies, goods and equipment in some instances was a matter of life or death, his experience and knowledge of logistics and moving big loads effectively and efficiently together with the design and development of vehicles have always been at the heart of our business and as he would say, with military precision.

Together as a family run business and more importantly a committed team we have always listened and delivered what our customers have required and demanded, striving to be the best at what we do.

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Design

We went to the drawing board with both our professional specialist coach builders and leading material manufacturers to produce the blueprint for our Maxi Mover low loader big vans.

After several years of research talking and listening to many of the UK’s leading transport and logistics companies we listed all the issues and obstacles using 3500kg and 7500kg traditional luton, box and large panel vans for deliveries.

Develop

After evaluating many design drawings and testing all the very latest materials for lightweight, durability and most importantly strength we believe that the maxi mover is the answer both in optimum design and build specification, ensuring that all the obstacles and requirements have been rigorously addressed, tried and tested.

Deliver

A range of class leading Maxi Mover Low Loader big vans with all the benefits of over 50 years commercial vehicle experience, modern design and the latest materials all on four wheels ready for work and built to last.